Events

Yellow Wednesdays: Unrest

May 16, 2018|18:30to21:00|Nikki Bi

Jennifer Brea’s Sundance award-winning documentary, Unrest, is a personal journey from patient to advocate to storyteller. Jennifer is twenty-eight years-old, working on her PhD at Harvard, and months away from marrying the love of her life when a mysterious fever leaves her bedridden. When doctors tell her it’s “all in her head,” she picks up her camera as an act of defiance and brings us into a hidden world of millions that medicine abandoned.

In this story of love and loss, newlyweds Jennifer and Omar search for answers as they face unexpected obstacles with great heart. Often confined by her illness to the private space of her bed, Jennifer connects with others around the globe. Like a modern-day Odysseus, she travels by Skype into a forgotten community, crafting intimate portraits of four other families suffering similarly. Jennifer Brea’s wonderfully honest and humane portrayal asks us to rethink the stigma around an illness that affects millions. Unrest is a vulnerable and eloquent personal documentary that is sure to hit closer to home than many could imagine.

Yellow Wednesdays
As the golden sunlight from a warm Brummie sunset glistens through the windows of Impact Hub Birmingham, members and guests alike close the lids of laptops and breathe a sigh of relief as another day of world changing activities comes to a close. Meanwhile, a laptop lid is opened, coffee is poured and seats are dragged into a seating arrangement fit for the kings, queens and all those in between, ready to consume another evening of spectacular film programming.

Yellow Wednesdays brings a mix of cinema, from the submissions of local Brummie individuals and companies, through to the more Cannes film festival less Odeon multiplex, captivating stories from all other the world. We aim to bring a rich and diverse programme of films to fill your year, and you can catch it all at Impact Hub Birmingham, every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

March 25|18:30to20:30|Nikki Bi

Join Daniel Blyden for a workshop on Mobile Media Production On The Go
Daniel is all about creativity, community and social change. You can find him doing some or if not all of these at Impact Hub Birmingham, Co-Lab… More

March 25|18:30to22:30|Nikki Bi

Every Monday at Impact Hub Birmingham is Open Project Night, 6.30pm – 10.30pm.
Once a week we fling open the doors of Impact Hub Birmingham extra wide and invite any imagineers working on projects, ventures and ideas focused on unleashing… More

March 29toMarch 31|18:30to21:30|Daniel Blyden

Brum Service Jam is back and ready to represent Birmingham in the 2019 Global Service Jam, an annual event where local people come together to collaborate, build and test amazing ideas in response to a secret global theme over 48… More

March 30|10:00to16:30|Nikki Bi

Are you passionate about children’s right to play out in the streets where they live?
Would you like to get more involved in this growing movement and meet other street play enthusiasts? Have you set up a group to promote… More

April 1|18:30to22:30|Nikki Bi

Every Monday at Impact Hub Birmingham is Open Project Night, 6.30pm – 10.30pm.
Once a week we fling open the doors of Impact Hub Birmingham extra wide and invite any imagineers working on projects, ventures and ideas focused on unleashing… More

April 1|18:30to20:30|Nikki Bi

Join Tom Kavanagh for a workshop on Fundamentals of Storytelling for Photography/Video
Three is the Magic Number:
Using the medium of photography and video, Tom will teach you:
How to tell an impactful story
The three shots you need… More

April 7|18:00to19:30|Nikki Bi

Heartstopper with Alice Oseman
Join the creator of webcomic Heartstopper Alice Oseman in conversation with Lauren James.
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love.
Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they’ve never… More

April 8|18:30to20:30|Nikki Bi

Join Houston Blyden for a workshop on How To Clean Up Your Website
In this class you will learn:
Basic principles to follow for keeping a website looking clean and tidy
Handy tips for improving website layouts using code… More

April 15|19:00to20:00|Nikki Bi

Join Barbara Bennett for a workshop on Resilient Kids
Barbara is a 20+ year carer from children to older aged people with disabilities (both at home and hospital settings). Barbara has a lot of skills and a Master of… More